Vegetable-cutting apparatus.



J. TOPALIAN.

VEGETABLE CUTTING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED OCT-5.1917.

Patented Apr. 16, 1918.

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J. TOPALIAN.

V VEGETABLE CUTTING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 5, 1917.

Patented Apr. 16, 1918.

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J. TDPALIAN. VEGETABLE CUTTING APPARATUS. APPLICATION FILED 0016,1912.

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Q .7 a I JOHN TOPALIAN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

VEGETABLE-CUTTING APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Apr. 16, 191,8.

Original application filed March 16, 1917, Serial No. 155,167. Dividedand this application filed October 5,

1917. Serial N0.194,950.

To all whom it may concern:

Be itknown that 1, JOHN TOPALIAN, a subject of the Sultan of Turkey, anda resident of the borough of Manhattan, city, county, and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inVegetableflutting Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

lily invention relates to means for cutting and shaping vegetables asset forth in my concurrent application Serial No. 155,167, filed March16, 1917, of which the present application is a subdivision appertainingmore particularly to the dies, etc., used for the formation ofBardelaise potatoes and similar products, the invention consisting inthe specific construction and arrangement of parts described andclaimed, and a distinctive feature being the series of stationary openwork oval matrices used in conjunction with the concave strippers, etc.,as hereinafter fully set forth.

In the accompanying drawings,

Figure 1, is an isometrical perspective of a hand press adapted to thepractical requirements of my invention;

Fig. 2, is a horizontal section thereof taken on a plane immediatelybelow the cross head which unites the upper ends of the cornerstandards, and looking clownward;

Fig. 3, is a horizontal section taken on a plane immediately below thepusher head, and also looking downward;

Fig. 4, is a plan of the female Bardelaise die, or die for cutting ofconvex-sided pieces;

Fig. 5, is a section taken upon plane of line 55, Fig. 1;

Fig. 6, is a top view of the male die or Bardelaise stripper;

Fig. 7, is a view of the under side thereof;

Fig. 8, is an end view thereof;

Fig. 9, is a side elevation of a portion thereof;

Fig. 10, is a sectional view showing the Bardelaise die seated in thepress, and the stripper extending through the matrices of the femaledie; I

Fig. 11, shows the shape of the product of the Bardelaise matrices;

Fig. 12, is an edge view of the elliptical core cutter;

Fig. 13, is a side elevation thereof, partly broken away.

The press P, is mounted upon a suitable table or base .13, supportedupon a leg or pedestal B, or in any other suitable manner. Rigidlyattached to the base B, are four standards Z), Z), united integrally attop by a cross head Z). Rigidly attached to and between the standards 5,Z), and intermediate between the base B, and the cross head Z), is theseat for the support of the female dies used in shaping the potato orother vegetable products. For convenience I shall hereinafter confine mydescription to the formation and manipulation'of potato products withthe understanding that I am not limited thereto, since other vegetablesmay be so treated as before stated.

The female die seat consists essentially of the horizontal flanges a,and vertical walls or flanges a, the horizontal flanges a, being formedwith notches or recesses a for the purpose hereinafter set forth.

G, is the platen on the under side of which the male dies, forwarders,and strippers are mounted as required for use. This platen member C, isrigidly attached to the lower end of a push rod 0, slidably mounted inthe central hearing b on the cross head I), as shown more particularlyin Fig. 1, the upper extremity of the said rod 0, being provided with aknob or handle 0, by which it may be depressed manually if desiredagainst the resistance of retractile springs 0 0 (see Figs. 1 and 2)attached to the cross head Z)", and to the platen mem ber C. The platenmember 0, may also be depressed against the resistance of saidretractile springs 0 0 by means of a hand lever L, or equivalentmechanical expedient. The hand lever L, shown is fulcrumed on a linklever L, in turn fulcrumed on a rear cross rod 6 (Fig. 3) so that thecompound lever L, L, thus formed, can adapt itself readily to thevertical movement of the platen C, and rod 0, which latter the handlever L, straddles as shown in Fig. 2. Thus the depression of the handlever L, forces the platen C, downward against the resist ance of thesprings 0 which tend constantly to maintain said platen C, in itshighest position above the die seat a, a.

Below the female die seat a, a, the space between the standards I), isinclosed at the rear and sides, and is formed with an inclined chute awhich directs the material from the dies to a receptacle D, supportedfor the purpose on arms I), (one of which is shown in Fig. 1) on eitherside of the table B. D, is a supply pan in which the potatoes may bestored temporarily in convenient posit-ion for introduction by hand intothe press P,said supply pan D, being supported on bracketrods (Z, (oneof which is shown in Fig. 1) or in any other desired or convenientmanner.

0 are holes or sockets formed in the platen C, for the reception of thesuspender studs 8, s, on the back plates of the several male dies, etc.,said suspender studs 3, s, being formed with transverse holes 3, s, forthe reception of coupling pins (i 0 by 'ieans of which said back platesmay be secured to the under side of the platen C.

(4*, is a binding screw for holding the female dies rigidly on the seata, when desired. The platen C, is formed with arms 0, the enes of whichstraddle the guide rods If, Z), so as to prevent said platen fromturning on its axis.

In the preparation of Bardelaise potato, formed from split oval potatocores made by the use of the oval core cutter F, with a blade 7*, shownin Figs. 12 and 13, a female die F, shown in Figs. 4-, 5 and 10, isused, in conjunction with a male die or follower F shown in Figs. 6 to 9inclusive. The female die F, is provided with a series of oval matricesf, 7', formed by bent blades each flexed and arranged in pairs, back toback, leav' ig clearance spaces between the said matrices to prevent theobstruction of the dies by trimmings as shown in Fig. i, and the ovalcore of potato is pressed through these matrices f, f, by concavestrippers f, f, upon the lower ends of studs f f attached to the backplate F, of the male die F ,--said back plate being formed with theusual Suspender studs 8, s, for attachment t the press platen C, asbefore described. The faces of the strippers f, f, are made concave toconform to theshapo of the oval core made by the cutter F; and the shapeof the resultant product is shown in Fig. 11.

The female die F, for Bardelaise potato is of course supported in thepress upon the seat a, a, as shown in Fig. 10, and it is formed withvertical flanges f*, f*, which limit the downward stroke of the male dieF 7 It is to be noted. that the female die seat a, a, is wide opencentrally, so that while it affords ample support for the dies, theshaped potato products and the resultant trimmings are free to descendto the chute w. Also that the pressure on the recipro- *atory platen C,and consequently on the male dies, etc., is entirely within the controlof the operator, and that the retractile movement of said platen isautomatic;

V' hat I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent Ina device of the character described, a female die seat, a female diehaving a series of flexed blades arranged in pairs back to back, formingelliptical matrices, and having clearance spaces between the matrices topreventobstruction of the dies by trimmings.

JOHN TOPi-UJAN.

lVitnesses Dono'rnr Mm'rir, G120. Wit. Mia'rr.

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